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The medical sector has always been a sweet spot for RFID. Some day, the use of RFID in medical could be far more significant than in retail. Although retailers have benefited greatly from higher inventory accuracy and consumer engagement enabled by RFID, medical use cases could save lives. Researchers at Cornell University, for example, recently [...]

Delta Air Lines evidently has additional plans for RFID technology. Delta, the Delta Air Lines Foundation and the Jacobson Family Foundation granted $6.2 million to support multiple programs at Auburn University, including the school’s RFID Lab. Auburn is the leading academic institution for RFID technology, conducting research on how specialized sensor technologies can have an [...]

Spanish fashion retailer Misako is deploying RFID technology at more than 200 of its stores and a distribution center in Europe. By using Nedap’s !D cloud RFID software, Misako hopes to raise its inventory accuracy to over 98 percent. The retailer has identified having full transparency of its store stock levels as an essential part [...]

When Boston ad agency Allen & Gerritsen acquired Philadelphia-based Neiman earlier this year, the agencies were looking for a unique way for the two staffs to get to know each other. The agency came up with an innovative, RFID-enabled version of Tic-Tac-Toe, in this case dubbed Pic Tap Toe. According to the Mediabistro website, the [...]

The industry continues to digest the patent licensing agreement that Motorola Solutions and Smartrac NV signed with Round Rock LLC on Monday. The deal is the biggest to date for Round Rock, which began suing Macy’s, American Apparel and other users of RFID almost two years ago. Round Rock now has agreements in place with [...]

There has been a lot of talk recently about elevating healthcare operations by operating in a “connected hospital” environment. Think Internet of Things, but exclusively for hospitals. Reaching this status, where all devices are connected, would represent a milestone of sorts for the healthcare industry by increasing operational efficiencies, improving patient safety, and decreasing costs [...]

The Internet of Things is expected to make a tremendous impact not only on how businesses operate, but how individuals live their lives each day. This video, produced by Dave Evans, chief futurist at Cisco, predicts just how life will change in a world where 80 billion devices are connected, altering everything from healthcare, to [...]

Now that Honeywell’s $603 million purchase of Intermec has been finalized, word should start to leak out about Honeywell’s intentions for Intermec, a pioneer in the data collection field with strong roots in RFID. There has been lots of speculation about Honeywell’s plans since the deal was announced in December, including what will become of [...]

The city of Nice and Cisco showcased the first Internet of Everything proof-of-concept (PoC) for a smart city today in France. The project, called “Connected Boulevard,” builds on the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) movement. On Monday, Cisco hosted a tour at Boulevard Victor Hugo in the center of Nice, the host city for the [...]

Last year two of the three founding fathers of the MIT Auto-ID Lab shared the stage at the MIT Auto-ID & Sensing Solutions Expo to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the facility. During the discussion, Dr. David Brock and Dr. Sanjay Sarma discussed the original genesis of The Internet of Things and the MIT Auto-ID [...]

Honeywell continues keep quiet about its bid to acquire Intermec. Honeywell offered $603 million for Intermec back in December. The merger is currently in the regulatory approval stage and is expected to close by the end of Q2. There has been much speculation about the direction that Honeywell will take with the Intermec. Will it [...]

Google’s chief Internet evangelist is evidently an RFID nut. Speaking at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Google vice president Vint Cerf made mention of having RFID tags on all of the wine bottles in his wine cellar. Furthermore, he told CNET of his desire to go a step further and place sensors [...]

Ervin Sejdic, PhD, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, has been named Associate Director of the RFID Center for Excellence. Sejdic will assist with providing strategic direction, obtaining funding, and collaborating on research at the Center, under the supervision of its executive director and [...]